Some Colleges Provide Success Coaches for Students.

The article, condensed from the July 20, 2007 issue of "The Chronicle of Higher Education," discusses the use of personal coaches to help U.S. college students adapt and succeed. Coaches motivate and counsel first-year students on education, public welfare, and financial issues. The coaching program at Texas' Our Lady of the Lake University is described, as is student participant Matthew Gonzales Sanchez' experience with the program.